Subject: Re: POP3: Keep messages on server

From: Antila Juha Pekka <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 22:51:44 +0200

Rupesh Kapoor wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am writing a pop client. Does anyone have suggestions on how to fetch
> only the new messages if the user doesn't want the client to delete them
> on server? I could do it using UIDL, but many servers don't support it.
> 
> The netscape mail client seems to do a "TOP <mesgnum> 0" ..., but even
> TOP is non-portable.
> 
> Thanks
> Rupesh

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From: [email-masked] (Richard Stevenson)
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 03:03:28 GMT

> The netscape mail client seems to do a "TOP <mesgnum> 0" ..., but even

TOP and UIDL are your only choices.  Try UIDL first, since it's
faster, then TOP.  If the server supports neither, it's decrepit
anyway and  ought to be upgraded...  some pressure on ISPs from users
should fix that quickly enough ;-)

Cheers

Richard

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From: Steve Howie <[email-masked]>
Date: 24 Jan 1997 13:49:47 GMT

In comp.mail.pine Richard Stevenson <[email-masked]> wrote:
:On Fri, 17 Jan 1997 16:18:09 -0800, Rupesh Kapoor
:<[email-masked]> wrote:

:> I am writing a pop client. Does anyone have suggestions on how to fetch
:> only the new messages if the user doesn't want the client to delete them
:> on server? I could do it using UIDL, but many servers don't support it.
:> 
:> The netscape mail client seems to do a "TOP <mesgnum> 0" ..., but even
:> TOP is non-portable.

:TOP and UIDL are your only choices.  Try UIDL first, since it's
:faster, then TOP.  If the server supports neither, it's decrepit
:anyway and  ought to be upgraded...  some pressure on ISPs from users
:should fix that quickly enough ;-)

Please don't do what Net$crape does with their "mail" client in Navigator.
They refuse to honour the "leave mail on server", and delete the mail in
any case if the server does not support the UIDL command.  Really, really
stupid.  They delete the mail, *then* say that the option is not
supported!

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